GRE Word List
ROUSING
giving rise to excitement : stirring
The meaning of the word rousing is giving rise to excitement : stirring.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| mangy | affected with or resulting from mange |
| persevere | to persist in a state, enterprise, or undertaking in spite of counterinfluences, opposition, or discouragement |
| anchor | a device usually of metal attached to a ship or boat by a cable and cast overboard to hold it in a particular place by means of a fluke that digs into the bottom |
| pretentious | characterized by pretension: such as |
| trinket | a small ornament (such as a jewel or ring) |
| waggish | resembling or characteristic of a wag |
| graphite | a soft black lustrous form of carbon that conducts electricity and is used in lead pencils and electrolytic anodes, as a lubricant, and as a moderator in nuclear reactors |
| ubiquitous | existing or being everywhere at the same time : constantly encountered : widespread |
| loom | a frame or machine for interlacing (see interlace |
| tinge | a slight staining or suffusing shade or color |